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29 novembre 2016
- handle: 10670/1.7myvs4
- isbn: 9781783740628
- eisbn: 9782821876262
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Trade Commercial trade Foreign trade National patrimony Treasure, National National heritage Heritage property National treasure Cultural patrimony Cultural heritage Patrimony, Cultural Cultural resources 13th century Sahara Desert Joliba River Kworra River River Niger Dioliba River Fleuve Dioliba Codices Learning process Trade Documents Manuscript repositories Manuscript depositories Manuscripts--Repositories Manuscripts--Depositories Polymnia abyssinica Niger Noog Nigersaat Negrillo Ramtilla Niger seed Noog abyssinia Ramtil Gingellikraut Scholarship LearningCiter ce document
Sophie Sarin, « 6. In the shadow of Timbuktu: the manuscripts of Djenné », Open Book Publishers, ID : 10670/1.7myvs4
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The ancient mud city of Djenné occupies an island in the Bani, a major tributary to the Niger River at the heart of the Niger inland delta in Mali. Although Djenné is less famous than its “twin sister” Timbuktu, which is situated 220 miles to the north on the edge of the Sahara desert, both cities have been important historical centres of trans-Saharan commerce and Islamic learning from the thirteenth century. Djenné is protected by its status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, due not only to ...